The TAPS team from the show Ghost Hunters came to the Iron Island Museum on east Lovejoy Street.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - The Sci-Fi Channel featured a Buffalo museum during its season premier of Ghost Hunters Wednesday night.
News 4's George Richert shows us why the museum's past may have brought on some unusual happenings.
Jason Hawes, founder of TAPS: "Alright let's do this...Buffalo, here we come."
The TAPS team from the show Ghost Hunters came to the Iron Island Museum on east Lovejoy Street.
Linda Hastreiter from Iron Island Museum said, "Their goal is to debunk or disprove hauntings."
Linda Hastreiter from Iron Island Museum said, "Their goal is to debunk or disprove hauntings."
They spent only one night inside and noticed many unexplained things, like when the front door that was apparently dead bolted shut opened and shut during an interview.
They claim to have picked up sudden changes in the magnetic field with K-2 meters.
It was in the attic that they believe they recorded three unidentified voices, one of them seems to say, "Leave me alone."
It was in the attic that they believe they recorded three unidentified voices, one of them seems to say, "Leave me alone."
Ghost Hunter: "Somehow, some way 'Leave me alone'."
The building used to be a church for about 60 years, then it became a funeral home for about 40 years before becoming this museum for the Lovejoy Community.
George Richert in the building that used to be a church and was now on Ghost Hunters
Marge Thielman Hastreiter from Iron Island Museum
Marge Thielman Hastreiter from Iron Island Museum said, "People have been coming past, staring at the building, and I must have about 30 calls on the answering machine right now, and there are more believers than you think."
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